Designing Science Fiction

Finalised Character Design for Friendly and Captain by Grace -  We all agreed we liked the number 1  Get Together -  We discussed  Inspiration/Research: Trailers  Looking at a mix of live action and animated trailers. The Jetson's Intro - Aqua Teen Hunger Force Intro - Annihilation -  Gundam Seed Series OP 3- Parasyte The Maxim Intro - Space Yelp Logo - Experimenting with lighting and colour tone in the kitchen area Cyborg Factory - After Effects Video Tutorials - Storyboarding -  Character intros and space yelp & t easer trailer -  Horror Vibe -  Watched a whole bunch of horror trailers.

Today we met up in class and showed each other the work we did over the week, to give critique and feedback and working out what we will have done over the break: Kasina worked on the inside aesthetic of  the kitchen and diner area: She played with 2 different aesthetics - We all agreed we liked the first style the most so will continue in that direction. It has a more grungy rundown vibe to it which is what we were going for. Grace continued developing the characters, this week she worked on Captain & Friendly: Different outfits and styles fitting our 1960's vibe and colour palette -  We really liked the design and style of 9 & 10 for Friendly and 6 & 11 for Captain. Bridget started looking at how and what she will create a model for: The teachers commented we should do one of the characters, such as Engineer.  We think if we have time we can do both ;)  Danielle continued working with after effects and began animating the ch

Discussing Storyboard/trailer outline/character introduction: Great tutorial Videos for After Effects: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AEMblOoHg6A   ( AE: Borderlands-style Character Intro! - After Effects Tutorial) Free Video footage & Sounds for After Effects: https://www.videocopilot.net/orb/ https://freesound.org/search/?q=clank Sound effects used: Squeaky Wheels Crash Clanking metal Retro space music Some Screenshots of progress Music possibilities: Sketches of interior for diner: Character Development: